Still set for June 23, 2025
While Koei Tecmo is still publishingNiohfor PlayStation 4 in Japan, Sony has stepped in to rep Team Ninja’s oni-slaying samurai game in North America, Europe, and Asia (outside of Japan).
Considering this isthe gamemany of us hungrySoulsfans are anticipating in a post-Dark Souls IIIworld, that’s a fairly big move. Infamously, Sony decided against publishing From Software’s 2009 dark-fantasy action-RPGDemon’s Soulsin North America, instead leaving that job to Atlus.
I’m not quite sure what this means forNioh‘s future on other platforms (I would hope it doesn’t remain an exclusive forever), but Sony should at least be in a good position to promote this game hard. There aren’t too many companies making these sorts of titles, and I’d hate to see it bomb.
If you tried one of the early versions ofNiohbut didn’t read up on it further, you might be surprised by this story-focused extended TGS trailer. Which is to say there actuallyisa narrative here, one that weaves legends and folklore around the real-world Western samuraiWilliam Adams.
Sony has also covered the various visual options we’ll get to choose between in the final version of the game, whether we’re playing on a standard PS4 or a PS4 Pro. This is the good stuff right here:
Early 2017 is positively stacked for games, but I’ll be sure toset aside timeforNiohin February (unless something goes horribly, tragically awry leading up to release; I loved the public alpha).
Action RPG Nioh to be published by SIE, PS4 Pro enhancements detailed[PlayStation Blog EU]
